CHARLIE BENANTE Says ANTHRAX Has 'Over 20 Songs' For Next Album

On May 24, Jay Nanda of San Antonio Metal Music Examiner and AXS.com conducted an interview with ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante at the River City Rockfest in San Antonio, Texas. You can now watch the chat below.

Asked about the progress of the recording sessions for the follow-up to ANTHRAX‘s 2011’s album, “Worship Music”, Benante said: “It’s a good thing to say that we have so many songs that that’s why it’s taking a little bit longer than usual. Like, if we just went it and had eleven [or] twelve songs, we’d probably be done by now. But we have over twenty songs, so… You know, we just wanna make sure each one of ’em is great, even though we’re not gonna put twenty songs out right away. We just wanna make sure it’s good, because we feel so strongly about the last one, and we don’t just wanna rush something. We wanna make it great, so that when people hear it, they’ll be, like, ‘This is killer. A great follow-up.’ So [there’s] a little bit of pressure. But I think we have some really good tunes.”

ANTHRAX‘s new album, which is once again being produced by Jay Ruston (STEEL PANTHER, STONE SOUR), will mark the recording debut for guitarist and newest bandmember Jon Donais.

ANTHRAX last month embarked on a six-week-plus North American tour with VOLBEAT, as well as appearances at five major outdoor festivals — Northern Invasion (outside of Minneapolis), Rock On The Range (Columbus, Ohio), Rocklahoma (Pryor, Oklahoma), and the San Antonio and Kansas City Rockfests. The band’s setlist features the new song “Soror Irrumator (Lords Of The Rock)”, ANTHRAX‘s contribution to the the second installment of “Catch The Throne: The Mixtape”, for HBO‘s Emmy– and Golden Globe-winning series “Game Of Thrones”.